If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

The word for 'foundations' is "shathah" and is often translated as 'purpose'. When David wrote this Psalm, he was not worried that the foundations of his faith were being destroyed but, rather that he might lose his sense of purpose. David was worried that he was becoming demoralized by the wicked desires and evil ambitions of those around him. Why should we try to maintain high standards of doctrinal integrity and moral purity when the people around us, even many Christians, seem to be occupied mostly with materialistic ambition and pursuit of pleasure? If we allow the devil to undermine the very purposes God has for our lives, wandering away from His will in favor of some temporal interest, then why even continue with a pretense of Christian living?

David was confronted with sin on every side, even his own son was after him and his friends were advising him to flee. As Rev. Joe Morecraft commented, "They were sort-sighted, cowardly and despondent regarding their dangerous situation. They were not malicious enemies; they were cowardly friends, whose perspective was one of unbelief. Cowardice is always dangerous and deadly; and any advice to desert a post of duty is unwise and wicked."

Jesus told a parable about foundations in Luke 6:47-49. "Whoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like. He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like the man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."

So, what should the righteous do when our foundations are being destroyed? The answer is - REBUILD THE FOUNDATION! Start by living by the truth and by preaching the truth, no matter who it offends. The only way to rebuild our foundation is to obey God's word. If we do, we win! After all God says, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11).

Attacks against the Church and the word of God have been cascading since the 90's and worse, there has been no great outcry from Christians or their leaders. Their silence has been shameful! Much of the Church today is building earthly foundations and will not be able to withstand the coming storms. Scripture says a day will come when God will shake everything that can be shaken and only that which cannot be shaken will remain. What is it that cannot be shaken? That which is founded on God's word.

Those who have a Christianity of convenience, that's one where you choose to obey those commands that please you and overlook those that don't, will never have a foundation that withstands the coming shaking.

AS we started this message the question was asked, "What can the righteous do?" The answer is we can start rebuilding the foundation. We can judge ourselves and our country by God's standards and then we can repent where we fall short and begin doing what God says to do and stop doing what he says not to do. As Jesus taught, the one who will ahve a strong foundation is the one who "heareth my sayings, and doeth them".